Brezhnev invites talks as Nixon fights troop cuts
Secretary of State Rogers warned Senate approval of a 50 percent Europe troop reduction would be a historic mistake and end NATO. He noted Brezhnev proposed mutual reductions, while Mansfield presses a 150,000 troop cap by year end. Griffin warned the move could derail disarmament talks as Nixon aide. See TROOPS, Page 2
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Washington
William P. Rogers
Senate
U.S
Europe
Rogers
Leonid Brezhnev
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Mike Mansfield
J. W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Congress
Mansfield
Robert P. Griffin
Michigan
Montana
Soviet Communist Party
NATO
Brezhnev
Nixon
Griffin
Panthers Cleared Of Bombing Plot After Quick Trial
After an eight month trial 13 Black Panthers were acquitted on all 12 counts of bombing conspiracy. Jurors including five blacks and a Puerto Rican reached not guilty verdicts in about two hours, shocking observers. The defendants faced pre dawn arrests April 2, 1969. Several acquittees fled to Algeria. bail issues and appeals loom for others.
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New York
Frederick Hills
Afeni Shakur
Fox
Lumumba
Criminal Courts
Curtis Powell
Algeria
Gerald Lefcourt
Michael Tabor
Richard Moore
Asst. Dist. Atty
Joseph A. Phillips
Loan and grant plan okayed to aid La Crosse Transit
La Crosse Common Council approved a loan up to 25000 and a 15000 grant to cover deficits from June to September and Jan 1 to May 31 1972. If deficits exceed 40000 the loan is not repayable. if under 40000 the grant reduces. under 25000 repayment adjusts. A federal aid study was authorized to decide future mass transit options after May 31 1972.
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la Crosse Transit
Committee-Of-The-Whole
la Crosse Transit Co
la Crosse Common Council
Ronald G. Bracegirdle
Mauston Area Man Killed In Car Crash
Ronald J. Tremain 36 of Mauston was killed at 2 30 am Friday on U S Highway 12 and CTH O five miles north of Tomah. He lost control at the intersection, the car went into a ditch traveled 87 8 feet rolled once and landed on its wheels. Coroner Dr J O Lukasek pronounced him dead at the scene. It was Monroe County's third traffic fatality in 1971. Tremain was alone.
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Tomah
Wis
Ronald J. Tremain
Mauston
U.S. Highway 12
Ctho
Dale Trowbridge
Tremain
J. O. Lukasek
Monroe County
Twenty three jurors picked for Wisconsin murder trial
In Whitehall Wisconsin county court jury selection continued for the first degree murder trial of David Franzwa of Eleva. Twenty three jurors were chosen toward the 24 needed with more interviews possible up to Tuesday. Franzwa faces charges of killing his wife with a shotgun and abortion in the death of the unborn child. If sequestered, jurors will stay in a Galesville motel with bailiffs guarding them and be bused between Galesville and Whitehall.
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Whitehall
Wis
David Franzwa
Eleva
Franzwa
Galesville
Oscar Lovelien
Olga
South Korean Forces Sink North Korean Boat
South Korea’s navy and air force sunk a high speed North Korean boat early today. About 15 to 17 North Koreans aboard were believed drowned, according to the Defense Ministry. Weather outlook calls for near 50s at night and near 80 by day with increasing clouds and a chance of showers.
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Seoul
Air Force
Defense Ministry
Westby teen named Syttende Mai Princess
Terrie Tainter, daughter of Mr and Mrs Keith Tainter of Westby, was named Syttende Mai Princess. She will ride in the parade at 2 p.m. Sunday with first runner-up Carroll Garvin and second runner-up Diana Brown, chosen from 28 candidates.
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Westby
Wis
Terrie Tainter
Keith Tainter
Carroll Garvin
Harry Garvin
Diana Brown
Alden Brown
200 Bed County Structure Near Lakeview Mental Hospital Plan
La Crosse County planning committee backed a 200 bed mental hospital near Lakeview and the present West Salem facility. Initial beds would be 50 for active treatment and 150 for containment with potential expansion for active treatment as needed. Some members favored centralizing services, but the plan passed with votes for West Salem and two against.
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la Crosse County
Lakeview
West Salem
Ing
la Crosse
John Thomas
14Th Dist
Shelby
Onalaska
Gordon Feinberg
Arthur McBain
Feinberg
Guidance Clinic Board
Robert Peterson
Finance Committee
Jerome Klos
Learning Begins At 2 In Experimental School
Sophia Rein hard, not yet two, attends a day care center in National City Christian Church, Washington, learning to use a fork, paint, and visit the bathroom alone. The NEA funded program aims to prove an early education model for inner cities with six toddlers ages 18 months to 3 years and emphasizes structured activity, self confidence, and early literacy as a path to success in later grades.
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Washington
Sophia Reinhard
Sophia
National Education Association
NEA
Helen Bain
One Hundred Spectators In Court Arraign Drug Ring
About 25 suspects faced arraignment in County Court before Judge Leonard Roraff as police and sheriff deputies guarded a near hundred-strong crowd. The drug ring linked to Wisconsin Minnesota California Colorado Iowa and operations into Mexico and Vietnam. Bonds ranged from 100 cash to 1000, with 19 postings by Friday morning.
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Leonard Roraff
Roraff
Sheriff Department
Ray Lichtie
Wisconsin
Minnesota
California
Colorado
Iowa
Mexico
Vietnam
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Richard Nixon
White House
Sec
William Rogers
Adm
Thomas Moorer
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Andrew Goodpaster
Panthers
James Fox
Joan Bird
Mauston Area
South Koreans
la Crosse Tribune
William J. Waugh
National City Christian Church
Midtown
Miss Dawson
Tan Auld
Bain
Sophia Reinhard Tot
County Court Branch 2
Robert Wolf
S. 9Th St
Leslie Linder
Jackson St
Merle Church
South Pettibone Island
Donald J. Anderson
Dennis Curti
S. 8Th
N. 14Th St
Patrick Boutch
Genoa
Michael Zielke
King St
Michael Bonnie
Thomas Monsoor
Lincoln Ave
Dennis Stenslen
S. 13Th St
Thomas Abbott
Weston St
Cynthia Schlegel
Steven Schlegel
Thomas Jefferson
Michael Dunn
Stoddard
Lee Joann Head
Linda Lee Monick
Richard Leider
S. 19Th St
William Malaney
Richard Natter
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